waddle

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

A squat, swaying gait.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side.
2. (intransitive) To move slowly.

Conceptos

contoneo

anadear

contonearse

cernerse

tambalearse

balancear

avanzar a pasitos

chapotear

bambolearse

Sinónimos

totter

toddle

wobble

dodder

coggle

paddle

toddle along

waddle along

sway about

sway

rock

🪨

wiggle

swagger

swaying

teeter

wabble

wag

waggle

walk

🚶

wave

👋

wigwag

trace a zigzag course

flip tail

be tardy

bob

take short

dangling

hobble

limp

lurch

quake

quiver

reel

seesaw

shimmy

stagger

stalk

Traducciones

se dandiner

watscheln

dandiner

βαδίζω κουνιστός

waggelen

dandinement

κούνισμα

trontollar

caminar com un ànec

balancejar

baumeln

Gang

schaukeln

ماح

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈwɒd.əl/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: *wadlen

Cognado con alto alemán antiguo: wadalōn

Cognado con alto alemán medio: wadelen

Cognado con alemán: wedeln

In summary

From Middle English wadelen, frequentative form of waden, equivalent to wade + -le. Compare Saterland Frisian wuttelje (“to waddle”), Old High German wadalōn (“to roam; wander”), Middle High German wadelen, wedelen (“to wander; rove”), German wedeln (“to waggle”).
First known use in English in a version of the Song of Roland around the year 1400. (Source:OED online)